Setdart Subastas S.L
Lot 80
MANUEL OCAMPO (Quezon City, Philippines, 1965)."God is my co-pilot". 1997.Mixed media on canvas.Signed on the back.Size: 250 x 195 cm.Manuel Ocampo is the "enfant terrible" of current art. A polemic artist, but demanded by museums and galleries all over the world, he displays an irreverent cosmogony through which he directly criticises the weight of Catholicism in his native Philippines. American cultural monopoly and imperialism is also treated with intelligent humour in his paintings. In this case, the characters gathered around a table (a witch and her henchmen) allegorise the abuses of power in the name of religion. It is characteristic of his approach to juxtapose expressionist traces and references to popular culture.Manuel Ocampo is considered the most important Filipino artist today. His painting, described by the media as "devastating", "brutal" and "ferocious", undergoes frequent strategic shifts in response to new contexts and subject matter, and is influenced by Punk and cartoons. He works mainly from his hometown, although he has also been based in other places such as California, Seville or Luxembourg. He has had numerous national and international exhibitions, including: 2018, Yes, Sir/Ma'am! No, Sir/Ma'am! Right Away, Sir/Ma'am! at Tyler Rollins Fine Art (NYC); 2017, Oeuvres: 1994 - 2016, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris; 2017, Hello! Belle Peinture: Thinking of the Beginning of the End of the Death of Painting, Nosbaum Reding Art Contemporain, Luxembourg; 2016, The Corrections, Finale Art File, Makati, Philippines; or in 2016, Sweating the Green Parrot Out, Marie Kirkegaard Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
